Re: [SOMEWHAT OT] XFree (Re: Text boxes in Linux)


Subject: Re: [SOMEWHAT OT] XFree (Re: Text boxes in Linux)
From: Aaron Lehmann (aaronl@vitelus.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 21:06:13 CST


On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 sterwill@abisource.com wrote:
>
> > I only wish the XFree development cycle was much more open.
>
> I couldn't agree more (same for many others) - actually we're getting so
> fed up with XFree being closed that we're seriously considering a
> completely open fork.
> What are your thoughts on this?

Go ahead! I think we need an open fork, and it would be nice if it was
licensed under the GPL. I'd wait untill XF86 4 first, becuase it will
have many major improvement.

> LLaP
> bero
>
> --
> Nobody will ever need more than 640 kB RAM.
> -- Bill Gates, 1983
> Windows 98 requires 16 MB RAM.
> -- Bill Gates, 1999
> Nobody will ever need Windows 98.
> -- logical conclusion
>
>
>



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